Ecopedagogic Based Education in Social Science Learning at Junior High School

Abstract

This education aims to make people aware of their ability to acquire, process and use information about the environment intelligently. One of the subjects in Junior High School is Social Sciences. Studying Social Sciences at the Junior High School level includes at least four disciplines that students must master: geography, economics, history, and sociology. Various sciences are interrelated with the sustainability of students in the future. Environmental problems that occur at this time must be immediately followed up, and it is the responsibility of all elements of society. Ecopedagogy in Social Sciences learning can be done with a Cooperative learning model, with that model, the learning process can be carried out optimally and with satisfying results. Humans as social creatures cannot be separated from their environment. Environment and humans have a very close dependency relationship. The abiotic components of the environment really need a biotic component with all the characteristics and characteristics of each. Humans always try to get a comfortable life that has an impact on exploratory action [1]. In recent times, the condition of our environment is very worrying. Human behavior is the main factor causing environmental damage, the amount of environmental damage caused by anthropogenic factors encourages efforts to make environmental improvements [2]. Several institutions in Indonesia are trying to overcome this environmental damage. Schools are one of the institutions that play an important role in instilling a caring attitude towards the environment in school residents, especially students. Education is one of the most important variables in shaping environmental care behavior [2]. The expected character is carried out through caring for the school environment. Some of the activities carried out in schools are through clean living habits, through 7K officers, and healthy and clean living habits. The habituation is expected to form the character of caring for the environment, with a long process, and requires patience from the school. The formation of this character is of course through a process that is repeated and supported by the environment. Human development with the technological era can bring out a cool human character, seemingly not caring about the environment. This, causes a lot of environmental damage that we encounter in almost all over the world. Egocentrism and consumerism are some of the factors causing people's ABSTRACT This education aims to make people have the ability to acquire, process, and use information about the environment intelligently. One of the subjects in Junior High School is the subject of Social Sciences. Learning Social Sciences at the Junior High School level includes at least four disciplines that must be mastered by students, namely: geography, economics, history, and sociology. These various sciences are interrelated and related to the sustainability of the future of students. Environmental problems that occur at this time must be immediately followed up, and it is the responsibility of all elements of society, it is hoped that by integrating environmental education into social science learning in schools it is able to instill in the younger generation the heirs of the earth to love the environment for the sustainability of life on earth, and with environmental education it is hoped that it can create green schools. Ecopedagogy in Social Sciences learning can be done with a cooperative learning model, with this model, the learning process can be carried out optimally, and the results are satisfactory. The term competition in learning will slowly be abandoned, through cooperation, the learning experience gained is wider, even students are required to be more creative in study groups. The learning materials presented by educators, mostly from environmental issues around students, where students are required to solve these problems. Expectations from using this learning model, students are more sensitive to the surrounding environment, gain a pleasant learning experience, and a satisfactory final score. The type of research used is library research with the document study method, namely research conducted using literature (literature), either in the form of books, notes, or research reports from previous research. The data source of this research is documents or document studies.